Category: Thai Coffee
In recent years, coffeehouses and cafes have been opening up inside decommissioned airliners and military aircraft. There is the 747 Airplane Bistro in Bangkok, the Air Diamond Cafe & Hotel in Chiang Mai, and the Airbus “Coffee War” Cafe in Sattahip to name a few. One of the most recent additions to the list of […]
It’s been a while since we tried a new brew in our search for the best coffee in Thailand, so today we will review Jeed Jad On the Moon from SnoozeintheGlum Coffee. This light roast Thai coffee contains 9 different flavors of beans, and is harvested from the Galyani Vadhana (กัลยาณิวัฒนา) district in Chiang Mai […]
Previously we talked about how Tak province produces some of the best Robusta coffee in Thailand. A close competitor are the coffee growers in nearby Kanchanaburi province. These farmers, like those in Tak, are largely members of the Karen mountain tribe. In recent years, they have developed boutique coffee plantations in the Thungyai Naresuan Wildlife […]
Our search for the best coffee in Thailand leads us to our first review of Robusta bean Thai coffee, as all our previous Thai coffee reviews were of Arabica bean coffees. Today we sample the Robusta bean coffee grown in Tambon Mo Kro (โมโกร) in the Umphang (อุ้มผาง) District of Tak province. Like the large […]
Bulletproof coffee has been popular in the United States for a number of years. Made by mixing grass-fed butter or coconut oil with your morning cup of joe, bulletproof coffee is drunk by many people who are on the keto diet. Enthusiasts say that bulletproof coffee improves digestive health and blood sugar levels. It also […]
In our search for the best coffee in Thailand, we now review a premium civet coffee made by Bluegold — a popular Thai coffee company founded in 2013 by young entrepreneur Kiattisak Khamwongsa of Nakhon Phanom (a Northeastern Thailand province that borders Sakon Nakhon and Laos). The first Bluegold civet coffee plantation in Thailand began […]
Mae Salong Nok is a “Thai Single Origin” coffee from the Aroma Group, one of the largest players in Thailand’s coffee industry. Last time, we reviewed their award-winning Nan Thung Chang coffee, and praised it for its smoky and heavily toasted flavor. So, how does Mae Salong Nok shape up in comparison? Well, let’s first […]
Nan Thung Chan by the Aroma Group is an award winning Thai coffee, having won a gold medal at the International Coffee Tasting (2018) in Milan Italy. This coffee tasting event was established in 2008 by the International Institute of Coffee Tasters, a network of over 12,000 professional coffee tasters in 40 countries. Every year […]
Today, we will be reviewing Bluekoff Dark Roast drip coffee. Bluekoff is a well-established Thai coffee producer, with a production facility in the Chiang Rai village of Ban Doi Chang (บ้านดอยช้าง). The coffee farmers of Ban Doi Chang are members of the Lisu and Akha tribes. The Lisu are a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group, whose people […]
In our search for the best Thai coffee, we move on from Cafe Amazon to the drip coffees produced by Bluekoff, who has been producing fine coffee in Thailand since 2000. Bluekoff spent years experimenting with the coffee beans produced by the plantations in Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai before choosing the coffee beans grown […]
Cafe Amazon Signature is the 4th drip coffee in our search for the best coffee in Thailand. Amazon signature is a blend of hand-selected beans which the company has sourced from various coffee plantations in Thailand. Amazon doesn’t identify which Thai coffee growing regions they selected these beans from, but we would guess that they […]
Our search for the best Thai coffee leads us now to Cafe Amazon’s Pangkhon coffee (กาแฟดริป ปางขอน), a medium roast coffee grown in the Chiang Rai village of Ban Pang Khon, which is home to the Akha and Yao/Mien hill tribes. Cafe Amazon first released Pangkhon (pronounced Bahng-khawn) in December of 2018, as a limited […]
The next entry in our search for the best coffee in Thailand is Doi Inthanon (ดอยอินทนนท์), a 100% Arabica bean drip coffee which is roasted and sold by Cafe Amazon. Note that in our Thai coffee review series we are sampling first the offerings of Cafe Amazon, before moving on to other Thai coffees. Last […]
Café Amazon is sometimes referred to as Thailand’s version of Starbucks, because both coffee shop chains are nearly ubiquitous in their respective countries. While Starbucks has made inroads into Thailand’s thriving coffee drinking market, they are limited primarily to large cities like Bangkok, Chiang Mai, and Phuket. While you will occasionally see a Starbucks in […]
Thailand is a coffee drinker’s paradise, with coffee beans grown in the country and roasted by talented independent coffee roasters. The Thailand slow bar coffee movement has been increasing by leaps and bounds during the past few years, with younger Thais showing a growing appreciation for good quality coffee, instead of the instant coffee that […]